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Highburn House Country Holiday Park
Burnhouse Road
Wooler
Northumberland (Browse area)
NE71 6EE
Tel: 01668 281344
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Pitches: 70
Open: 01/03/2026 to 30/11/2026
01/03/2027 to 30/11/2027
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 Small Campervans |
 No Glamping Units |
 No Statics for Hire |
 Holiday Homes for Sale |
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 Electric Hookups |
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| Who's it for |
 Families Welcome |
 Not Members Only |
 Rallies Welcome |
 Not Naturist Site |
 Dogs Welcome |
 No Dogs Allowed |
 Groups Welcome |
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| Facilities |
 Toilet Facilities |
 Hot Showers |
 Washing Up |
 No Bathroom |
 Baby Changing Facilities |
 Laundry On Site |
 Drinking Water |
 Disabled Friendly |
 Chemical Disposal |
 No Battery Charging |
 Gas Exchange |
 Recycling Facilities |
 No Kitchen Facilities |
 Freezer / Fridge |
 Motorhome Point |
 Wifi Access |
 Shop <1 mile |
 Bar <1 mile |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site |
| Activities |
 Kids Playground |
 No TV Room |
 No Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 Fishing <1 mile |
 No Wild Swimming |
 Indoor Pool <1 mile |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 Horse Riding <5 miles |
 Cycle Hire <1 mile |
 Golf <5 miles |
 Tennis <1 mile |
 Beach <10 miles |
 No Watersports |
 No Boat Launch |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Working Farm |
 No Campfires Allowed |
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 No Waterside Pitches |
 Public Transport <1 mile |
 Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access |
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| Date of Visit: August 2008 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Donjim |
1 review from this member |
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 We have just come back from our stay at Highburn house and this was our first attempt at camping. We decided on hook up and we had made a good choice. The position of our pitch (although not great for some) was perfect for us, situated just up from the facilities. We had our 8 month old baby, as well as our older son so a bit nervous regarding noise with people going back and forth to the toilets but everyone seemed to respect everyone else and noise was kept to a minimum.
The first 2 nights were horrendously windy, but the weather was great after that. We enjoyed it so much we asked if we could stay another night and we found them very accommodating, and helpful.
The toilet blocks were kept clean, the showers were lovely and hot, and kept running long enough for a decent shower. The site has many recycling bins which unfortunately people did not use as well as they should and bags were piled in front of bins until they were emptied. The site was busy but the owner emptied them regularly.
It has beautiful scenery around the site and you could take some lovely walks. The site is very close to the main street and can be easily walked to and from.
The local fish and chip shop and the chinese takeaway were great. We went to the honey farm on the way to Berwick, which was free to enter and interesting. The laundry room, baby care room and information room were all a big help to make our stay enjoyable. I would recommend this site if you want a nice peaceful rest.
The only area of improvement should be the play areas for children. It just needs a little more to keep all the children occupied. 
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| Date of Visit: August 2008 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: Vbennett214 |
18 reviews from this member |
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Wooler is a nice village with shops,pubs (some dog friendly!),tea shops and banks to satisfy everyones needs for a nice relaxing break.
The walks in the area are great,especially the circular walk from the site to Wooler Common and back to the village.
The site was a disappointment. Firstly on arrival the owner said 'Follow my husband to your pitch' and then closed the door in my face! We waited until he eventually came and followed him as he drove off very quickly with us in pursuit trying to keep up!
Our hardstanding was not really suitable for our Motorhome. It was a smallish rectangle just big enough for us to get all four wheels on and we had to drive over grass to get to it so if you are a largish Motorhome take heed the hardstandings on this site are not really designed for you!
The owner then just pointed at the tap and said 'The water is there' and with that he vanished and we never saw the owners again during our stay!
No information was offered about the facilities on site or about the local area.
People with dogs were all wondering where the best place was to exercise your dog and where were the local walks to be found.
A very nice elderly chap with a seasonal pitch informed us of the best walks in the area and gave us all the information we were looking for.
The toilet/shower block was quite dirty and campers were using it to wash their boots in the showers as it was quite muddy!
As someone else has commented people were driving to the shower block and churning up the site even more,it would have made more sense to request that people walked the 5 minute journey to the showers to try and preserve the grass rather than turn it into a bog.
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| Date of Visit: August 2008 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Cyrus1975 |
1 review from this member |
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An excellent site.
We visited twice this month and found the showers, washing up block and toilets excellent. It was a nice change to have free showers.
The first time we were on the touring caravan site because of flooding, there was some noise until about eleven then nothing.
The second time we were in the main camping field, there was no noise at all despite lots of family groups. I have read other reviews about noise from the site and have come to the conclusion that it seems to come from the touring section of the site. Perhaps because caravan owners dont realise that sound still travels out of their vans. The owner of the site gave the impression that any poor behaviour would not be stood for. The site seems to be attracting the right type of people.
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| Date of Visit: May 2008 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Adrianw |
3 reviews from this member |
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Site on a gentle slope. Main fields seems to be aimed at caravans and has the toilet/shower block at the bottom. Tents in the far field.
No need to book, indeed unable to book. There are no numbered pitches, but the owner was quite strict about where we could pitch. The threat of being forced to move was daunting.
Tent field filled up quickly, us early arrivals got the edge of the field, sheltered in a shallow dip near the hedge (and water), latecomers were given the top of the ridge - good views but potentially windy (and at times it was very windy even in the dip).
Rained a fair bit but the field drained well, just some surface mud.
Toilets/showers were fine, but you could see them getting crowded in peak season. No hairdryers was a bit of a pain.
Only real problem was the loud group singing Proclaimers songs until 4am the first night and another group of drunks the next night complaining loudly about how anti-social the Scots were.
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| Date of Visit: July 2008 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Klick |
2 reviews from this member |
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Our initial impression was of a lovely site, with great views and lovely surrounding area.
The ground is quite stoney and we would recommend campers use pegs suitable for hardstanding.
We were very disappointed by the standard of cleanliness in the toilet block and the lack of facilities for the number of campers on site. There was no soap and often no toilet roll, and we ended up buying toilet roll, handwash and antiseptic wipes which we had to take with us for every trip to the loo.
We were pitched fairly close to the toilet block and found we were regularly disturbed by people driving down from the far tent field with a car load of kids to use the toilets/showers.
This site has so much potential, it just needs an extra toilet block in or near the far tent field and regular cleaning.
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| Date of Visit: August 2008 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Grahamy |
1 review from this member |
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Just returned after l lovely wet weekend at Wooler. We were pitched in the caravan area as the tent field was closed due to being water logged. The caravan field was a nightmare to pitch a tent in due to the rock hard ground but once up it had its advantages such as being close to the shower block, which was clean enough, a path to it from the road would keep it cleaner as you wont have to walk over the grass in wet weather. The kids loved the ducks who seemed to visit our tent every morning and also the small play area. All in all a nice site with no noise at all after 11-11.30 pm
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| Date of Visit: August 2008 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Mark rutherford |
3 reviews from this member |
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Great site, slightly strict rules on no more than 3 tents together. Could do with another toilet and shower block, as when we visited was very busy and we had to queue for the lav and the showers. Other than that would defo go again. Ground slightly stony for tent pegs so bring spares as they bend real easy.
Wooler great, used to have a caravan 20 years ago at Bridge-end and it brought back all the child-hood memories of the town and the local area. Local pubs great and decent pub food. Cheap beer. Would love to own the Co-Op in the summers as the queue of campers buying stuff was massive, but did have nearly everything you want. Go try the place out, but beware of the rain!
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| Date of Visit: June 2008 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Rickshaw14 |
4 reviews from this member |
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Stayed here with friends and 3 tents. Owner mentioned she did not normally allow groups together, but fortunately gave us a bye as long as we behaved. Our first camping adventure with the kids. Site was very pleasent, lovely views. Showers and dish cleaning very good. We visited the coast, but missed Holy Island because of tides. Travelled a couple of mile north and found a fab beach. 6 Kids all under 8 played for hours on the sand and dunes!
Nice site and would visit again.
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| Date of Visit: July 2008 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: DAVID71 |
1 review from this member |
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A great campsite with fantastic views of cheviot hills. Geese around campsite nice touch with the kids. Toilets and showers are fine. The kids liked the slide and swings and a nice little river and very reasonably priced.
Wooler is only five minutes walk a lovely village with plenty of shops and cafes good pubs and a fantastic italian restaurant. Go over the bridge and down the hill on the other side of the village and there is a great little famliy pub on the corner there was a disco on and later on a singer pool table and kids games.
Bamburgh is only half an hour away with its great beach and sand dunes. All in all a top site and cant wait to go back.
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| Date of Visit: June 2008 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Chuck40 |
2 reviews from this member |
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Stayed in the tent only field, which is triangular, with trees along the top and down one side, the other side having FANTASTIC views over the the Northumberland hills towards the Cheviots with loads of space in the the middle for kids to run around playing frisbee and just having general fun.
No numbered pitches, you can just pitch where you want, so if you've got a big tent it's not a problem.
The hot, clean, free showers / toilet block is in the hardstanding caravan / tent, electric-hookup area closer to the entrance - you have to give it a couple of minutes if you need to nip to the loo from the top end of the tent area, but it's not really an issue.
Just a few minutes walk from the site is Wooler itself, with a handful of pubs and a Co-op for bits and pieces.
Great campsite, location, scenery and views, within easy driving distance of Bamburgh and Holy Island.
Would recommend it highly.
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| Date of Visit: June 2008 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Mick360 |
1 review from this member |
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Excellent camp site and reasonably priced, Excellent facilities, toilets, showers, very clean.
Lovely views, town of Wooler very nice, word of warning don't have the chilli sauce in the local fish shop unless you like it very, very, very hot!
Lot's of places to eat.
Plenty of shops.
Other campers were friendly as well.
Would definitely go back.
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| Date of Visit: May 2008 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Marilyn51 |
4 reviews from this member |
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Quite a nice, basic, but VERY STONEY site that bent all of our pegs and gave us very sore hands trying to find regular ground (didn't find any) to hammer the pegs into.
Adequate facilities that could have been serviced more often but in all weren't too bad. A little noisy with no one around to monitor but at least it is very sheltered with small secluded bays for privacy.
Get rid of the stones and we will certainly be back. A small shop on site for milk, newspapers etc would be nice, but Wooler is very close so wasn't too much of a problem.
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| Date of Visit: May 2008 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: The wain travellers |
3 reviews from this member |
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We've just come back from Highburn after been blown off Goswick Sands and found it a lovely campsite, we will definitely be back. Inland and sheltered, 5-10 mins walk from Wooler - local shops, pubs, cafe and chip shop - fantastic local butcher! When we stayed there were other families with children and as we have a 5 year old to entertain, this was a bonus to us. The people are very friendly and the pitch is reasonably priced (unlike some 'greedier' campsites I have come across in recent years!) My only gripe would be that the toilets/showers, although reasonable, were not the cleanest I have seen and loo roll kept running out (it was busy, though!).
The area is brilliant for walking, visiting the coast (sea houses a bit commercial, but the beach at Bamburgh tremendous!); Alnwick Gardens a must if you have children; Chillingham Castle with it's dungeons - reputedly, the most haunted castle in Britain! All in all a lovely, relaxed, campsite in a brilliant area! xx
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| Date of Visit: May 2008 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: NECamper |
2 reviews from this member |
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I only wish I had listened to friends who had been to this site.
We were 'greeted' at the gate by a woman who jumped out of her car to say 'How many nights?'
'2'
'That'll be £26. I'll take the car registration'. Not the best of welcomes!
We pitched the tent and had lunch to Radio 1 coming from the other side of the field.
Later my brother and his family with 3 and 1 year olds came to visit. They were told to leave their car and walk to us, in the far field. When they pointed out they had a lot to carry, with two small children, they were eventually given permission to drive over but to bring the car straight back.
We got to bed about 11.00 pm to the sound of Rod Stewart, again from the other side of the field.
Guess what? We won't be going back!
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| Date of Visit: May 2008 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: Louisechloe |
22 reviews from this member |
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This is a lovely clean site the owners very nice, they showed us to our pitch on arrival, we had a hard standing pitch with electric, had a bit trouble putting the awning pegs in as the ground underneath was hard core, the only downside was the kids park it consisted of 2 swings in the touring section and a swing and nice slide in the static section, which was not enough for our 3 kids but they still had fun in the 2 nights we stayed as the weather was fantastic and there was a lovely stream running through the park which the kids liked.
The toilet block was clean but could do with a bit decoration as when I had a shower there was mould on the sealing and the inside of the lights were covered with dead flies and moths, but the showers were free and had plenty of hot water which is what you need.
The site is very closed to Wooler about 10 minutes walk, so very handy if you have forgotten anything and has plenty of shops and pubs.
We will return to this site it is one of our favourites.
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